In LA this past weekend Blitzboks fans saw the seven-man form of the game at its very best as they saw their team fall behind several times in crucial matches but they didn’t panic, stayed focused and got the job done. Read More...
It’s been a difficult year for Blitzboks, full of disruptions caused by players defecting to 15s last year and some injuries to key players but the season is now back on track. But can they win in Vancouver, again? Read More...
It was yet another horrible Super Rugby weekend for South African fans as our best three teams all lost their matches in round five of the 2020 competition. We’ll be expecting a better showing from them all this weekend. Read More...
Both Cheetahs and Southern Kings fought hard on the weekend and both were in with a reasonable shot at winning their matches but the rugby gods had their attention somewhere else and both teams lost, again. Read More...
We’re really enjoying the FNB Varsity Cup this year but would love to see more games on television. Sadly, sponsors and organisers seem fixated on trying to draw crowds back to the ground. Good luck with that. Read More...
Rob Houwing thinks Super Rugby is in trouble because, among other things, it is losing far too many of its best players to foreign leagues and it doesn’t have the financial wherewithal to change that. He has a point. Read More...
There’s something unique in Super Rugby this weekend – today in fact. It’s a double-header with two matches being played at the same venue on the same day. Great in principle but, typically, SANZAAR has cocked it up. Read More...
It happened in 1995 when the Springboks beat the All Blacks in the World Cup final and again in both 2007 and last year when the Boks thrashed the English. So we’re used to it: whingers whinge; we don’t let it bother us. Read More...
